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Toyota Cars Airbag Recall – Full List and details

Coupons Do Work

Toyota Airbag Recall 2016 : The Toyota Motor Corp said on Monday, May 23rd, 2016 that they will be recalling almost 1.6 2008-2011 Scion xB. 2009-2011 Corolla. 2009-2011 Matrix. 2008-2011 IS-F. In Orange Zone: Toyota/Scion: 2007-2008 Yaris Hatchback. 2007-2008 Yaris Sedan. 2008 Scion xB.

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Can’t Afford Private School? It May Not Matter.

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Taxation in these best districts is typically higher than elsewhere, to help keep the schools rated as ‘best’ Your costs for public school include the possible extra cost you may pay for housing in the school district as well as the local taxes you pay to support the schools. Tuition for boarding schools was close to $37,017. (Of

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5 Economic Assumptions We (still) Make That Won’t Always Be True

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Hmmmm, in 2008 one of the biggest fears was that credit markets would dry up causing massive restrictions in banks lending to one another and therefore massive refusals to lend money to us. Ahem… , we all saw real estate fall in 2008, 2009 and 2010 – but do you believe that it is now on the rebound?

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Why Use Cash?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

In 2008-2009 when we had the credit crunch and recession, there was at least one day when stores were not accepting credit. If you didn’t have cash to spend that day, you may well have been stranded out of gas. Gas stations, some hotels, some restaurants are examples of places you might negotiate a cash discount.

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Frugal housing.

Finally Frugal

That comment made me think about all of the news articles written by supposed 'experts' who predicted that we had (or would) hit bottom in 2008, or 2009, or 2010, or even 2011! It seems that those of us in the trenches (like my commenter) may have more insight than the experts!

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6 Things I Learned When I Became an Investor

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Brokers may not have your best interest in mind. At times, it can be stressful to watch the paper value of your holdings disappear (such as in 2008 and 2009), but when the market is soaring, it gets really fun to watch your networth go up! It seemed like magic. I also learned that my spouse doesn’t do record keeping.

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How to Handle the Stock Market Roller Coaster Ride?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If you want to read up on that stuff, plenty of it was written in 2008 and 2009. I may replenish our supply of fuel oil, matches, candles, lamp oil and wicks. Some of you may know that I am on a mission to build wealth across generations in my family. Am I just weird or do some of you also react that way?

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